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BBC1 SITCOM IN US SALE.
Carlton sitcom Kiss Me Kate has been sold to a raft of PBS stations in the
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SONY AWARDS DATE.
This year's Sony Radio Academy Awards will take place on 8 May. More than 100 nominees
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TOON FESTIVAL DETAILS.
More than 50 films will be showcased at this year's Animated Encounters Festival, which will include
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SMG PROFITS FALL.
Virgin Radio owner SMG has posted a 28% fall in annual profits for 2002, citing a
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BBC PUBLICATION DATES.
The BBC is to split the publication of its yearly statement of programme policy and its
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SKILLSET STARTS SURVEY.
Skillset, the skills council for the audio-visual industries, has embarked on the biggest ever workforce survey
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Freeview homes up to 1.4 million.
Freeview boxes are now selling at more than four times the rate of its predecessor ITV
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History Channel and S4C sign two-series deal.
A documentary on Irish political party Sinn Fein is part of an output deal signed between The History Channel UK and S4C International (S4CI) for 10 hours of co-produced programming, writes Penny Hughes.
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Murphy commissions new BBC3 strand Pure.
BBC3 is to launch a new long-running strand called Pure which will provide an interactive forum for fans of popular subjects such as soaps and cult series and sit next to the Liquid spin-offs as one of the fledgling channel's key brands, writes Leigh Holm
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Royle writing team reconciled.
The lucrative creative partnership between Royle Family writers Craig Cash and Caroline Aherne - which broke up amid recriminations last year - could be rekindled following a reconciliation between the two, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC spotlights high-end factual.
High-end documentaries such as the recent controversial Hunt for Britain's Paedophiles are to be given greater prominence on the BBC's main television channels following the shake-up of the BBC's factual commissioning structure, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Airey hunts Sky scheduling head.
Sky Networks managing director Dawn Airey is set to shake-up the broadcaster's programming department further by
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Five orders art deco V&A tie-in.
Five is backing its cheeky claim to be the 'home of arts programming' with a 3 x 30-minute series on art deco, writes Penny Hughes.
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BELLENS REPLACED.
RTL Group, the Luxembourg-based broadcaster that owns 65% of Five and Fremantle, has appointed Bertelsmann board
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LATEST BBC TALENT.
The BBC has launched its annual BBC Talent initiative with seven new schemes that aim to
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GRAMPIAN JOB LOSSES.
Grampian Television has told staff it is looking for 14 redundancies in its resources department, which
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CLARK GETS R4 SHOWS.
BBC home news editor Richard Clark has been appointed editor of BBC Radio 4 shows The
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QVC could be put up for sale.
Shopping channel QVC could be sold following the announcement that John Malone's Liberty Media was planning to sell its 42% stake in the business, writes Paul Revoir.
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BBC eyes C4's Bell for doc job.
Hilary Bell, the Channel 4 commissioning editor behind hit shows Faking It and Wife Swap, has
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Blair says yes to MTV but no to Al Jazeera.
Prime minister Tony Blair will this week be interviewed by MTV as part of a PR drive to justify war in Iraq - but has turned down a request for an interview with the Al Jazeera news channel, writes Paul Revoir.